The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-28

and that furnsed the motive for Simeon Coy
he asked what other men had such motive
except these msnf What { Their class Of the
munity had any interest in having particular
man judge OF the criminal COURT I am now
1Dg 10 say something am sorry to say. /
sorry that Albert f. Ayres has shown himself
70 be unworthy the place for which ne was
candidate j am sorry he has given
corroborating circumstance 10 the
that desired him upon the bench OF the Criminal
Court OF Marion county. He ought not 10 have
taken that Office for single hour Frank Nor
rison showed himself 10 be an honest honorable
man. but Albert K. Ayres. unfortunately for
himself. took an Office that he himself must
have known was not his-that was given to him
By fraud and forgery
he dwelt upon the suspicious circumstances
against Span, Bernhamer. Mattler and Beck.
Of the last named he said Beck was a party
TO this scheme, this fraud, this conspiracy LII
be had no knowledge of il beforehand. how did
be know the proper time TO get a tally paperi
How did he know il the right time-about
2o'clock-when 1T happened Matter and Per
klns were IN the room. IL not because he knew
they were there and would need other papers,
and he was doing his part when he brought
them to that room. that somebody else would
change themf He proceeded IL that room
armed with the implement with which he could
commit that fraud. He had the paper and he
had the knife. man who would undertake to
get an advantage of his own partners would
pretty near do thing ike that. because
Beck Is ambitious man. have read all this
evidence had read most of it before. He desires
more than | believed him guilty before. He
undertook to prove aiibi, and he did not do
1t. He brought man all the way from Amer
son to prove where he W as in the forenoon, and
there Is not a scintilia of evidence that he had
the tally sheet in the forenoon. 1t was in the
afternoon he had it. He brought Steeg here to
prove he in his Office at 1:30. at g. and per-
haps at o'clock in the afternoon, but the crifi-
cal time between 130 and 3 o'clock. and
that is when those papers were changed 10 Room
80 The proof shows he was at the court house,
and there is no proof showing he was anywhere
else.o
In conclusion. Mr. Sellers gave full and clear
review of the evidence of the circumstances
connecting DR. Metcaf, Sullivan. Budd and
Reardon with the conspiracy. OF Reardon, he
said he thought there perhaps less proof
thansagainst the others, but there was enough to
CLOSELY fit him in the conspiracy. In closing. he
said. This conspiracy was not political one. but
rather the initiative of combination such as
existed in New York, with Tweed at its
head, which reached out until it had in its grasp
the city of New York, and reached out further
until II had the canals and almost the State OF
New York itself. There were two men they
could not control Charles OConor and Samuel
j. Tiden. and they overthrow that com oination
and landed the consprators in the States prison.
That ended il. just such com bination
has existed in Chicago, with Mackn, Gallagher
and Mike Mcdonald. And here is gang that is
seeking to control faffairs in your capltal-men
Il was personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT that led TO this
crime. and nothing else If this hideous devil
fish lof which the speaker gave A graphic de-
scripton is allowed TO grow in Indianapolis it
would fasten itself upon the city government,
the Courthouse the State everything from
within its reach would be in danger Of death and
destruction. 1t is your duty to crush it out
Mr.. Selerss speech closed at Has A. NJ, and
the court took recess until o'clock P. 81.